PostgreSQL¶

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS). The base postgresql package contains the client programs that you’ll need to access a PostgreSQL DBMS server, as well as HTML documentation for the whole system. These client programs can be located on the same machine as the PostgreSQL server, or on a remote machine that accesses a PostgreSQL server over a network connection.

Quickstart¶

Start an instance with 1-Click, or optionally using your cloud provider’s web/console
Have just a little patience: it does take a couple of minutes for all the background services to start up in your instance. If you get connection refused or site error messages - just wait a moment
SSH into your instance and then connect to the PostgreSQL service:
```
$ psql -U postgres
```
Type your instance id as the password when prompted.